S.H.I.E.L.D. searches for one of its assets, Dr. Franklin Hall, who was kidnapped by Ian Quinn when Quinn’s soldiers used a gravity-based weapon on the S.H.I.E.L.D. convoy that was transporting Hall. Quinn wants to use Hall to take control over the planet's gravity by building a giant "gravitonium" generator. Heading to Malta with the team, Skye volunteers to infiltrate Quinn's mansion during his party so that Coulson and Ward can rescue Hall. Skye tricks Quinn into believing she is betraying S.H.I.E.L.D. for the Rising Tide. However, Coulson soon discovers that Hall perpetrated his own escape in order to find the “gravitonium” and the generator and destroy both. Coulson warns him that doing so would end up killing millions. Their violent disagreement forces Coulson not to save Hall from falling into the middle of the generator,Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 DVD seemingly vaporizing him. Coulson orders that the gravitonium be placed under S.H.I.E.L.D. high security and off the books, however, S.H.I.E.L.D. does not notice that Hall is still somehow alive but trapped within the gravitonium.